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In the northwestern part of the renowned spa town of Piest'any (Pöstyén), completely tucked between family houses, in the garden of one of them, there are ruins of an ancient church. The lack of written sources caused problems concerning the determination of the origin and purpose of this churc...

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Main Author: Marek Miloš
Corporate Author: Medievisztikai PhD-konferencia (7.) (2012) (Szeged)
Format: Book part
Published: 2012
Series:Középkortörténeti tanulmányok 7
Kulcsszavak:Egyháztörténet - keresztény - középkor, Pöstyén
Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/65334
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Summary:In the northwestern part of the renowned spa town of Piest'any (Pöstyén), completely tucked between family houses, in the garden of one of them, there are ruins of an ancient church. The lack of written sources caused problems concerning the determination of the origin and purpose of this church building. According to the latest findings relying on the analysis of the architectural elements of the church it can be said, that its foundation dates back to the third quarter of the 14th century. The first written record about the church is in the canonical visitation of the Esztergom archbishopric from 1560. The visitation says that there were two churches then, the first one was a parish church and the second a cloister church dedicated to King Stephen the Saint, lying in the field outside the village. The question is, to which religious order the former monastery belonged. Canonical visitations of the parish of Piesfany from the 18th century say, that it once belonged to the Templars. But the truth is that the order was disbanded by pope Clement V. in 1312, so it's impossible that the monastery belonged to the Templar Knights. Studying the iconography of sculptural elements originating from the church some researchers speculate about the presence of the Hospitallers in this place. There is no contemporary evidence on the presence of the Hospitallers in Piesfany. Everything we can say about them is based only on later written but often not very reliable sources, on local tradition or on the interpretation of material sources coming from the preserved church complex. But the fact that Piesfany abounds in a wealth of curative springs makes it very probable to assume the presence of the order who worked with the sick in the monastery in this place. Whether it was the Hospitallers or other religious order, in the current state of research we can't clearly determine.
Physical Description:89-101
ISBN:978-963-306-160-2